This brilliant choral piece by Bach, a “Sanctus” not well-known, had it’s first performance on Christmas Day in 1723, which was Bach’s first year as St. Thomas cantor and musical director in Leipzig. During the same service, the congregation could hear Bach’s original Christmas version of his Magnificat, as well as his cantata ‘Christen, ätzet diesen Tag’. Wish I was there…
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